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Tips and Tricks for Hosting or Playing Assassin


What is #Parabellum-the-Game?

Parabellum-the-Game is an app with everything you need to host and play a game of assassin. Using centralized player management and enhanced customization features, you can build your game around your needs.

Check out the Parabellum website for more information



What are the rules to play senior assassin, water wars, nerf wars, etc?

While games primarily differ in the manner/method by which eliminations occur, each game can also adopt a variety of options to adjust the speed, flow, and location of game play. Below are a few examples of how different groups/schools play:

Cambridge University’s The Assassin Guild in the UK has the most comprehensive list of rules for play and different ways to eliminate players. See their pocket guide here:https://assassins.soc.srcf.net/pocketrules.html and their full list of rules here: https://assassins.soc.srcf.net/rules.html#:~:text=Players%20will%20be%20given%20three,out%20of%20the%20main%20game!

Staley High School in Missouri has several years’ worth of rules posted here which include their use of nerf blasters, safe zones around school and school events: https://twitter.com/assassin_falcon

SCHS in Michigan made a comprehensive list of standard rules for game play, and opted in for a $5 buy-in to the game, winner takes all! https://schsseniorassassin.weebly.com/rules.html

San Pasqual High School in California plays in teams of two, allows team members to be revived, and purges between rounds: https://twitter.com/SPAssassins2019/status/896206641871241216/photo/1

University High School in Illinois uses pool floaties to grant protection against elimination:https://uhsclarionette.com/2315/news/strengthening-friendships-through-senior-assassin-game/

Hingham High School in Massachusetts used water guns and allowed targets to gain 15 minutes of immunity if they were able to defend themselves against elimination: https://harborlight.hinghamschools.com/8177/student-life/senior-assassin-moves-on-to-second-round/

DGS High School in Illinois played with nerf blasters and used pool floaties, goggles, and fanny packs as protection against elimination. They also required no eliminations in or around cars: https://sites.google.com/view/dgsseniorassassins/rules?authuser=0

Lakeside School in Washington allows players to eliminate targets by tapping them with wooden spoons or shooting them with hair bands. That is, unless their target is actively playing a kazoo https://tatler.lakesideschool.org/5234/life-culture/chasing-glory-a-senior-assassin-saga/

Reddit user u/MyUnclesALawyer posted rules for “Spoon Assassin” where players eliminate targets by touching their neck with a metal spoon: https://www.reddit.com/r/ABOP/comments/293t97/spoon_assassins_official_rules_a_game_you_can/

CNHS in New Jersey includes sections guarding against trespassing and other liabilities while playing: https://sites.google.com/view/cnhsseniorassasin/rules-and-regulation



What are some fun and creative senior assassin team names, water wars team names?

If you’re having writers block and need some inspiration for a team name, check out some of the resources below:

Redo Names offers an online forum for players to share creative names.Our personal favorites:

https://www.redonames.com/senior-assassin-team-names/


Actually Good Team Names compiles lists for a variety of team names, including senior assassin. Our favorites:

https://actuallygoodteamnames.com/senior-assassin-team-names/


Though, we’d love to give a shout out to teams of yore who had pretty epic names. We’re looking at you MHS Senior Assassins!


We also humbly submit for consideration:



What are the best water guns, nerf blasters, or other tools for senior assassin?

The type and size of weapon you’ll need will depend on how your host has set up your group’s game of assassin. After considering feedback from prior games, and opting for choices that maintain bright colors and distinctive shapes that will not be mistaken by weapons by bystanders, here are our recommendations:

Water Based Games


Nerf Games



Tricks and Tips to help you win assassin: Lessons learned from years past

No matter if you’re playing tag, senior assassin, water wars, or nerf wars… winning and survival can often come down to some basic assassin tradecraft. We’ve compiled this list of tricks and tips from games to help you be the last one standing.

Inglemoor High School’s class of 2023 collected their list of assassin Do’s and Don’ts which included tips recommending parking your car in your garage to avoid driveway ambushes as well as forming alliances at the start of games. See the rest of their list here: https://nordicnews.net/12991/ae/the-tricks-and-trade-of-the-senior-assassin-game/

Downers Grove South High School class of 2022 compiled their list of best tips which included using connections to sus out information on your target’s pattern of life, or utilizing family members to protect, support, or even lie for you! https://southblueprint.com/27986/entertainment/how-to-win-senior-assassins/

Personally, we recommend making sure to turn off all social media apps that can be used to track your location such as SnapChat, Facebook, and Instagram. Even if you turn off location tracking, the background in your posted pictures can be used to tell where you are. So be careful what you post!



How is senior assassin played?

If you’re in need of a rule book, check out our earlier post on different game styles and regulations. For a brief (and hilarious) overview of a bracket style of game play, check out this series of videos from The Sea Rabbit called “The Great High School Nerf War”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wR451hKnD7U